Aspall Cider used to come in giant nearly wine-bottle sizes for their various ciders – it was an element of design which set them apart from other ciders in stubbier bottles – but the aspect that set them apart also provided a problem for storage as the bottles were too tall to be properly shown […]
Cotswolds Distillery in the UK will not be bottling their 2013 Organic Odyssey single malt whisky for another three years but that isn’t stopping them from offering the first-ever Cotswolds-sourced whisky to people a few years early. The distillery has set aside 5000 bottles of the whisky for purchase when it is ready to be […]
Kininvie 17-Year-Old old batch no.1, a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky, has been released specifically for the travel retail market in Taiwan. The whisky, which has been aged for 80% of the time in American oak barrels and 20% of the time in sherry casks, boasts a 42.6% alcohol content [85.2 proof] and the fruity […]
Fancy whiskies vie for recognition among the sniffy, snooty crowd whisky connoisseur crowds at the International Wine and Spirits Competition but it was Queen Margot 8-Year Blended Scotch Whisky which won a gold medal at the competition in London. That a whisky won a gold medal is not surprising, the surprising part is that this […]
Irish whiskey maker Walsh Whiskey Distillery has received final approval to go ahead with their planned new distillery in Royal Oak, County Carlow, Ireland. The $34 million distillery is partially funded by Illva Saronno [the company responsible for Disaronno and Tia Maria liqueurs] will produce all four types – pot still, single, grain and blended […]
1986 was the year Microsoft held their IPO and created all those Microsoft millionaires, Argentina and West Germany played in the World Cup final [only this time, Argentina won], Matt Groening officially created “The Simpsons” and, unfortunately, both the Chernobyl nuclear reactor and the Challenger space shuttle disasters. But it was also the year that […]
In 2012, Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey won double gold status at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and has received a 93 rating from Jim Murray, the creator of the “Whisky Bible”. That’s the good news. Some more news – and whether it is actually good or not depends entirely on how you […]
Speyside distillery Glenrothes has released their Sherry Cask Reserve single malt Scotch whisky. Glenrothes imported European oak sherry casks from Jerez, Spain, to mature their whisky – the first-ever whisky using first-fill sherry casks for Glenrothes. The whisky has taste notes of ginger and orange peel. Glenrothes Sherry Cask Reserve has a 40% alcohol content […]
